Update for Emacs-26

* nt/README.W32: Update details about packaging which changed for
  Emacs-26.
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* Preliminaries
There are two binary distributions named
emacs-VER-x86_64-w64-mingw32.zip and emacs-VER-i686-w64-mingw32.zip,
emacs-VER-x86_64.zip and emacs-VER-i686.zip,
where VER is the Emacs version. These are 64-bit and 32-bit builds,
respectively. If you are running a 32-bit version of MS-Windows,
you need to install the 32-bit build; users of 64-bit Windows can
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action, by default this will be in a top-level directory with the
same name as the zip file.
We also provide a set of optional dependencies, in
emacs-MVER-x86_64-deps.zip or emacs-MVER-i686-deps.zip respectively,
where MVER is the major Emacs version that should use these
libraries. These provide Emacs with a number of additional optional
capabilities, described in detail below. To use these, unpack them
directly over the emacs directory structure. Note that, if
extracting with the Windows Explorer, you will have to override the
directory where it wants to put the file with the same directory
where you extracted the Emacs binary package.
Finally, and also optionally, you can run the program addpm.exe in
the bin subdirectory which will place an icon for Emacs on the start
page. (This is no longer needed in latest versions of Emacs, so we
recommend you not do that, as running addpm.exe will insert entries
into the Registry which might get in the way if you upgrade to later
versions without updating those entries, or would like to uninstall
Emacs.)
Emacs is completely portable. You can create your own shortcut to
runemacs.exe and place this wherever you find it convenient (the
desktop and/or the Taskbar), or run it from a USB or network drive
without copying or installing anything on the machine itself.
It is also possible, although not recommended to use the program
bin/addpm.exe which will place an icon for Emacs on the start page.
* Prerequisites for Windows 9X
The 32-bit build supports MS-Windows 9X (Windows 95/98/Me). To run
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+ update-game-score.exe - A utility for updating the score files of
Emacs games.
* Optional dependency libraries
* Emacs without optional dependencies
Emacs has built in support for XBM and PPM/PGM/PBM images, and the
libXpm library is bundled, providing XPM support (required for color
toolbar icons and splash screen). Source for libXpm should be
available from the same place from which you got this binary
distribution.
The files emacs-VER-x86_64.zip and emacs-VER-i686.zip contain a
large number of optional dependencies for Emacs.
Emacs has a number of optional features which need additional
libraries. These are provided in a separate bundle of dependencies,
as described above, and enable support for the following:
Emacs has a number of optional features which use these additional
dependencies. They enable support for the following:
- displaying inline images of many types (PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, SVG)
- SSL/TLS secure network communications (HTTPS, IMAPS, etc.)
- HTML and XML parsing (necessary for the built-in EWW browser)
- built-in decompression of compressed text
The optional dependency libraries are in emacs-MVER-x86_64-deps.zip
(64-bit) and emacs-MVER-i686-deps.zip (32-bit), and their sources
are in emacs-MVER-deps-mingw-w64-src.zip, where MVER is the major
version of Emacs that should use these dependencies. Note that a
64-bit Emacs will only work with the 64-bit dependencies, and the
32-bit Emacs only with the 32-bit dependencies.
If you do not want these files (if you have them already for
instance, or you want the smallest possible Emacs), then you may use
the files emacs-VER-x86_64-no-deps.zip or
emacs-VER-i686-no-deps.zip. The dependency files are also available
as emacs-MVER-x86_64-no-deps.zip and emacs-MVER-i686-deps.zip. Source
code for these dependencies is available as
emacs-26-deps-mingw-w64-src.zip.
Newer/updated builds for these optional libraries are available at
http://msys2.github.io/ and
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ezwinports/files/ (but you shouldn't
need these except in emergencies).
If you install the libraries in a directory different from where you
have the Emacs executable programs, we recommend to add the
directory with DLLs to your Path, so that Emacs will be able to find
those DLLs when needed.
All distributions of Emacs have built in support for XBM and
PPM/PGM/PBM images, and the libXpm library is bundled, providing XPM
support (required for color toolbar icons and splash screen).
Source for libXpm should be available from the same place from which
you got this binary distribution.
* Installing Emacs with an existing MSYS2 installation
You may also use Emacs with an existing MSYS2 installation by simply
unpacking the Emacs distribution over MSYS2. You can then use the
'pacman' utility to install dependencies. You should not use the
optional dependencies bundle from this site, as this will overwrite
MSYS2 files (the dependency bundle derives from MSYS2, but may be a
different version).
You may also use Emacs with an existing MSYS2 installation by
unpacking the emacs-VER-x86_64-no-deps.zip over the MSYS2
distribution. You should not use the emacs-VER-x86_64.zip from this
site, as this will overwrite MSYS2 files (the dependency bundle
derives from MSYS2, but will be from a different version). You can
then use the 'pacman' utility to install dependencies.
Some of the optional libraries need to be of certain versions to
work with your Emacs binary. Make sure you install those versions
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mingw-w64-x86_64-libtiff
mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2
mingw-w64-x86_64-xpm-nox
mingw-w64-x86_64-lcms2
You can type any subset of this list. When asked whether to proceed
with installation, answer Y.